In early November 2025, B. Yamuna (29) from Visakhapatnam left home for a trip to Araku Valley with friends. Yamuna, who was separated from her husband and living with her parents, supported her family by working at a grocery shop in Madhurawada.

However, her family’s world shattered on November 11, when Yamuna’s brother Nagendra received a call from an unknown number informing him that his sister had passed away at a hospital in Tirupati and asking him to collect her body immediately. Nagendra’s initial reaction was shock, followed by denial, but when he re-dialled the same number, the caller confirmed the tragic news.

Nagendra, who works as an AC mechanic, also manages a small shop in Boddapalem of Anandapuram mandal in Visakhapatnam, while his father, Narsinga Rao, runs a pan shop.

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